James Cotton - New CD - Cotton Mouth Man

Fantastic new CD from the old master of Blues harmonica Mr. James 'Superharp' Cotton!

Cotton co-wrote seven of the tracks with Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Joe Louis Walker, Susan Tedeschi) making this album the most personal CD he ever produced. SEYDEL says thank you for this awesome CD-cover picture!

Humble, yet powerful! Few players have
transformed the humble blues harmonica by creating a unique and powerful sound
quite like James Cotton has. With a career spanning more than 66 years,
beginning with his road travels at the age of nine with Sonny Boy Williamson (II),
James Cotton is one of the true masters of the blues harmonica.

He’s back again,
this time on the cover of Living Blues magazine. The story takes you back to
where he started as a young orphan and walks you through blues history to the
present day, foretelling the release of Cotton’s upcoming album, Cotton Mouth
Man. James Cotton knows about perseverance, hard times, and the true soul of
the blues.

He faced adversity with conviction and forged a path for the blues. Cotton
defines the heart and soul of the blues and inspires us to carry on and do the
same. The harmonica he holds is more than a simple instrument; it is an element
of trust. James Cotton trusts the Seydel 1847 to translate the inner beauty,
vulnerability, and power of his soul to the masses.

His trust has been earned
by master harmonica makers in Klingenthal, Germany at the world’s oldest
harmonica factory, Seydel. Standing alone as the one company whose only
business is harmonicas, Seydel’s focus and dedication to the advancement of the
harmonica are what James Cotton looks for when he’s ready to pronounce the
blues.

Today, we join the blues community in paying homage to James Cotton, who
teaches us that the blues is more than a musical genre; it is an institution.
Read the story on James Cotton in Living Blues for a glimpse into a life shaped
by the blues and one that shaped the blues in return.

The true masters, the
pioneers, the players such as James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Lazy Lester,
Mark Hummel, and many others who have sampled every harp available have settled
on the one that provides everything they need to share that soul, to push the
emotions of an audience to the edges of seats, to invoke the presence of past
and future masters - the SEYDEL 1847.

Special thanks to James Cotton and the
others who have inspired us, given us the desire to move ahead, who have stood
at the crossroads and shown us that whatever path we choose can be as
successful as we make it to be.